Andrena (Notandrena) inflata Wood, 2021

Wood, Thomas James, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of north-western Africa with a focus on Morocco (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 916 (1), pp. 1-85 : 70-71

Andrena (Notandrena) inflata Wood, 2021

Andrena (Notandrena) inflata Wood, 2021: 463 .

Material examined

MOROCCO • 1 ♂; Safi [3.5 km SE of Safi , Oulad Ahmed Ben Ali]; 28 Feb. 2023; A. Elkarrmy leg.; TJWC .

TUNISIA • 1 ♂; 68 km SE of Gafsa; 15 Mar. 1976; U. Lanham and B. Solounias leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; TJWC .

Remarks

Wood (2021) described this species based on a single male from southern Tunisia with a unique and highly distinctive genital capsule. Inspection of additional material has revealed a specimen from south-western Morocco, as well as additional specimens from southern Tunisia. At the Moroccan site, A. aerinifrons was abundant, with males and females present. It is possible that some of these ‘ A. aerinifrons ’ females actually represent the female of A. inflata , which is currently unknown (males are easily separable due to their strongly different genital capsules), but no differences were apparent. Barcoding is needed to correctly identify the female of A. inflata .

Distribution

Morocco * and Tunisia (Wood 2021).